to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
trad. 焚膏繼晷
Also written 焚膏繼晷【fén gāo jì guǐ】
Characters in this word
4焚
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to burn
- Pinyin
- fén
- Strokes
- 12
膏
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ointment, paste, CL:帖[tie3]
- Pinyin
- gāo
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 26279 of 2500
继
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to continue, to follow after, to go on with, to succeed, to inherit, then, afterwards
- Pinyin
- jì
- Traditional
- 繼
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 30911 of 2500
晷
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sundial
- Pinyin
- guǐ
- Strokes
- 12